Guides and Manuals: About Autism and Aspergers

Apps for Autism

Autism? There´s an app for that!
Actually, there are more than 200 apps for autism, and this book will guide you through them so you can confidently utilize todays technology to maximize your child or student’s success!

Autism All Stars: How we use Autism and Asperger Traits to shine in life

Looking at the positive influences, great talents and unique thought processes of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, this book is a celebration of those who have used their autism to shine in life.

ADHD : Living without Breaks

This concise and highly accessible book contains everything that parents and busy professionals need to know about ADHD.
The author describes the spectrum of ADHD, the co-occurring symptoms, and common difficulties that parents face. The rest of the book focuses on solutions, based around four rules. Rule number one is keeping it positive: punishments can change behavior, but only positive approaches can improve attitude. Rule number two is keeping it calm: it´s difficult thinking clearly enough to solve problems logically if you are feeling overwhelmed. Rule number three is keeping it organized: this rule relates particularly to the child´s school life. Rule number four is to keep doing rules one to three.

Finally, Dr. Kutscher discusses the role of medication for treating ADHD. The concluding chapter summarizes the information covered and can also be read as a complete, freestanding text. Useful checklists and further reading recommendations are also included.Realistic and optimistic, this book is the ideal source of information and advice for parents and professionals who are trying to keep up with children who are living without brakes.More

The Autism Experience

Have you ever found yourself Googling at 3am, wondering why your child is doing things differently to other kids?

The Autism Experience is a collection of advise we share with each other - stories, answers, explanations, controversies. It is practical, useful and heart warming; funny and full of the stuff we wish we´d known when we started googling at 3am.

The book aims to helps readers to know now that they are not alone and is full of resources to direct readers to specific issues, such as eating, behaviour, communication, toilet training and bed wetting

All the contributors to this book have at least one child with autism and are all driven by a desire to make sure they have the best life possible. Valerie Foley is an Australian childrens television writer. Her son, Billy, has driven her passionate advocation for children on the spectrum and their parents.More

A Practical Guide to Autism

This huge book is filled with useful advice and information on day-to-day living in a family and school.
It is thorough and extremely insightful, presenting information on:
- What is Autism , what causes it, and how is it diagnosed. As well as explaining the spectrum in detail.
- An overall look at various education programs, education intervention and working with children in the classroom.
- Adolescence and Adulthood (which is often omitted from books of this kind)
- Dealing with Seizures, Regression, Behaviors problems, sensory issues, sleep problems and siblings (each in their own detailed chapters).
- Medications, alternative treatments, and other medical issuesMore

The Autism Cookbook - 101 Gluten and Dairy Free Recipes

It is not just a beautiful HARDBACK cookbook, but also includes :

A guide to reading labels

Why raw?

Food substitutions

With a husband who has developed a gluten intolerance I can tell you almost everything has secret amounts of gluten in it. Did you know that there is only one brand of tinned tomatoes that does not have
added gluten! That one really surprised me in the supermarket last week. Thus I really appreciate the added sections of this book. In addition recipes all include full page photos and are all very simple and easy to follow. More

Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

This is a practical guide to the treatment of children with Autism and Aspergers.
It comprehensively reviews the research into the nature, cause and treatment of these very complex conditions. It explores a wide range of therapies specifically those addressing; Language impairments, Social deficits, Ritualistic and stereotyped behaviors
Outcomes of various treatments are outlined and a number of case studies discussed.More

Special Diets for Special Kids : Volume 1 and 2 combined. Plus CDROm with printable recipes

Understanding and Working with the Spectum of Autism : An Insiders View

To many of the people who live or work with an individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the processes by which those with autism make sense of the world around them may seem mysterious. In Understanding and Working with the Spectrum of Autism Wendy Lawson demonstrates these processes using comparisons from the non-ASD world to help professionals, families and carers to relate to and communicate with people with ASD better. Exercises at the back of the book encourage the reader to reflect on what has been discussed. The second part of the book contains chapters presenting a range of interventions and strategies for particular situations. Wendy illustrates her text with examples from her own life and from the lives of those she has met or worked with to clarify her points. She analyses ASD characteristics and examines interventions for dealing with social skills, anger management and self-esteem. Stress, its effects on the families of children with autism, and how best it can be alleviated, is also explored.
Wendy writes in the light of her personal experience of an autism spectrum disorder as well as that of the available literature to create a book that is both readable and wide-ranging, furthering understanding of the links and differences between neurotypical individuals and those with ASD. Her book is an essential introduction to ASD for social workers, nurses, health professionals and those working in related fields.More

Asperger\'s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Tony Attwood´s guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger´s Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into contact with individuals with this syndrome. Covering the available literature in full, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on Asperger´s Syndrome, incorporating case studies from the author´s own practical experience as a Clinical Psychologist, with examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger´s Syndrome.More